Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire

Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri; Rahim, Asma; Yaacob, Mohd Jamil

doi:10.1037/t15334-000

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“…The PSQ is a modified stressor questionnaire developed based on two validated stressor questionnaire designed by previous researchers (11,16,17). The modification was done to ensure suitable and relevant items included in the PSQ to measure the postgraduate stressors.…”

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“…Academic related stressor is referred to any scholastic, university, college, educational or student events that cause stress on students. These include examination systems, assessment methods, grading methods, academic schedule, students activities related to academic events such as getting poor mark in examination, high-self expectation to do well in the study, large amount of content to be studied, having difficulty to understand content, lack of time to do revision, learning context full of competition, and having difficulty to answer question given by teachers (16,17).…”

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The construct validity and internal consistency of the Postgraduate Stressor Questionnaire among postgraduate medical trainees

Yusoff¹

2010

EIMJ

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Objective: To determine the construct validity and the internal consistency of the Postgraduate Stressor Questionnaire (PSQ) among postgraduate medical trainees hence it could be used as a valid and reliable instrument to identify stressors among them. Methods: Items of the PSQ were derived from a review of literature on the subject and a discussion with experts in the field. It comprised of 28 items with seven hypothetical groups. The content and face validity was established through discussion with experts from field of Medical Education and Psychiatry. It was administered to all participants (N = 34) of postgraduate personal and professional development programme in a Malaysian university. Data was analysed using Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18. Factor analysis was applied to test construct validity whereas reliability analysis was applied to test internal consistency of the PSQ. Results: Thirty three postgraduate medical trainees participated in this study. Factor analysis found that the 28 items of the PSQ were loaded nicely into the seven predetermined groups as their factor loading values were more than 0.3. The reliability analysis showed that the Cronbach's alpha value for The PSQ was 0.95. Whereas, The Cronbach's alpha values for academic, poor relationship with superior, bureaucratic constraints, work-family conflicts, poor relationship with colleagues, performance pressure, and poor job prospect domains were 0.63, 0.84, 0.81, 0.65, 0.73, 0.78, and 0.70 respectively. Conclusion: This study showed that the PSQ is a reliable and valid instrument to identify stressors of postgraduate medical trainees. It is a promising instrument that can be used in future to explore further on this area.

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Section: The Postgraduate Stressor Questionnaire (Psq)mentioning

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Section: The Postgraduate Stressor Questionnaire (Psq)mentioning

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The construct validity and internal consistency of the Postgraduate Stressor Questionnaire among postgraduate medical trainees

Yusoff¹

2010

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“…A validation study was conducted and was found that the MSSQ has good psychometric properties; it is a valid and reliable. 23 It has a high internal consistency as Cronbach's alpha coefficient value was 0.95 which is more than the acceptable cut-off point of 0.6.…”

Section: Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (Mssq)mentioning

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“…The medical students stressor questionnaire (MSSQ) containing a set of 40 questions with stress scale of 0-4 to assess the stress. 23 About 250 students were included in the study. Students who were not available after three contacts were excluded from the study.…”

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Prevalance of stress and its risk factors among medical students

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Studying medicine is stressful. Stress may cause serious health problems and affects their professional life. Hence establishing a database on the extent of the problem will help in the planning of measures to reduce stress. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of stress among the medical students. Methods: Cross-sectional study was done using 40 item medical student stressor questionnaire (MSSQ) to evaluate the level of stress and the stressors and hence finding the factors associated with it. Data were analysed using EPI INFO. Results: Of the medical students who were administered questionnaire, 250 (83%) participated in the study. About 17.2% are from Tamil medium. 37.2% were first child in the family. 64.4% and 57.6% have responded that 6-8hrs sleep needed and the actual sleeping hours respectively. About 74%, 75.2%, 62.8% and 56.4% have less focus, less energy and motivation, negative mood and poor academic performance due to decreased sleep. Academic and group related activities contribute to about 29.2%, 20.8% of the total stress respectively. Conclusions: The prevalence of stress among medical students is moderate to high. The second and final year students are having high stress levels. Academic and group related activities were the major stressors among medical students. Year of study and being the first doctor in the family were the best predictors of a medical student’s stress level.

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